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After trying and being put off by a few drugstore nail polish brands before (including the regular Petites line), I’ve been sticking to my Sephora by OPI’s. Luckily, however, one day while I was browsing my local Rite Aid beauty section (is there anyone else who finds that therapeutic?), a small bottle of pretty grayish taupe polish caught my eye. It turned out to be a higher end Petites line called Color Fever.

I’ve purchased two Color Fever polishes so far — href="http://www.makeupacademia.com/2010/10/notd-petites-color-fever-nail-polish-in.html">Periwinkle (525) and href="http://www.makeupacademia.com/2010/09/review-petites-color-fever-nail-polish.html">Vintage Gray (519) — but if I was not trying to cut down on my makeup expenses, I would have bought a lot more. src='http://www.makeupandbeautyblog.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />

There are some very interesting colors in the line (although many of them are hard to find in stores), and in terms of quality both of the polishes I own are on a par with OPI. For the sake of comparison, the brush is slightly narrower and shorter than that of the brush that comes with a bottle of Sephora by OPI.

These are creamy opaque shades that go on beautifully and last a decent amount of time (up to a week with a top coat).

The Petites Color Fever polishes are more expensive than an average drugstore polish ($3.99 for 0.25 oz, but that’s versus close to $9 for 0.5 oz for Sephora by OPI), but I would still prefer these over OPI polishes — really, how often do we use up even half of a full-sized nail polish before it dries?

PRICE: $3.99 /> AVAILABILITY: Rite Aid /> RATING: 10/10 overall